Chronic substrate limitation of silicic acid uptake rates in the western Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 437-453

  Brzezinski, Mark A ^a   Nelson, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SILICIC ACID; SUBSTRATE LIMITATION;

SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0029757585     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(95)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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